Active Contributor to various GUE materials and books, including as a Tech Manual Editor and a Creator/Editor for parts of the Fundamentals and Recreational Manuals.

Languages

English

Native Imperial, Fluent Metric

Additional Info

Mer is a cave-addicted tech diver from Boston who splits her dive time between Kona, Hawaii and High Springs, Florida. She enjoys pairing her coaching skillset with her diving passion. She has an affinity for working with women/shorter divers as well as with cave divers to refine their skills for more overhead enjoyment. She learned to be a team diver, to dive a backplate/wing, cave dive, and tech dive through GUE training: she understands her students' process as she personally has been in their shoes; this allows her a unique perspective to appropriately challenge her students thus facilitating growth and improvement while remaining sensitive to the psychological element of the process. Mer is GUE's first female cave instructor since the late 1990s and the only woman actively teaching both cave and tech for GUE. On any given day you can find her scootering Indian Springs, exploring lava tube dry caves, or seeking rare finds on Kona's coast. If you're thinking of coming to Kona or North Florida, Mer wants to dive with you! Check out http://www.WetRocksDiving.com

Favorite Quotes
"Beware the lollipop of mediocrity. Lick it once and you suck forever." - Brian Wilson
"First law of survival: seek the best." - Ayn Rand
"A'ole makou e ho'ohikiwale kela!" - We wouldn't want it to be easy. - Hawaiian saying